Happy New Year ya'all! Skip you are right, he is a sneaky little bastard, and I'm pretty sure he is the one that crept under the Christmas tree and replaced the $5000 diamond ring I bought for my wife with a bottle of rum and a couple of swizzle sticks. (and she doesn't even drink rum.) Here he is completed.
I added beach sand to the base portion.
Also chipped away at this big piece of cedar.
I want to make plenty of shelf- like portions to display shot glasses as well as a compartment in back for a few mugs or bottles.
Thanks to John and Irene for this honkin' chunk of bass wood.
I will use a portion for the bottom piece of this one under construction.

amate thanks, I try to never take for granted the availability of suitable wood for carving that I have at my disposal. Will, cold weather does not stop a person that feels obligated to produce tiki. Damn H10, there is such a word as cytosines, I looked it up. I am not the best at finishing but I love to start. This 6x6 piece of redwood came out of my barn.
TikiSkip provided the cool float. His name is "Ben" cause he will have a clock in him.
He is being built to fit into this empty space in my bar.

Thank you BT, I like 'em to do something like light up or tell time rather than just stand there. MDM, I actually did lol on that one, very good. (the rosy red cheeks of the haole children) Appreciate the feed back Scot and Skip, amate just a 2x4 prop here and there to keep the roof up, and H10 as soon as I get my daughter and her beau and their clutter out of the downstairs area I will post shots.